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CARTA to digitize extensive primate collection this summer
16 Jun 2009
SDSC to assist in creating online collection of great ape skeletons and records VIDEO: Once a 3D reconstruction has been performed and all CT slices have been combined and rendered together, animations can be...
16 Jun 2009
SDSC to assist in creating online collection of great ape skeletons and records VIDEO: Once a 3D reconstruction has been performed and all CT slices have been combined and rendered together, animations can be...
Same-sex behavior seen in nearly all animals, review finds
16 Jun 2009
UC Riverside evolutionary biologists find majority of studies focus on why same-sex behavior in animals exists, but not what its consequences are IMAGE: This photo shows a female-female pair of Laysan Albatross....
16 Jun 2009
UC Riverside evolutionary biologists find majority of studies focus on why same-sex behavior in animals exists, but not what its consequences are IMAGE: This photo shows a female-female pair of Laysan Albatross....
American Chemical Society Weekly PressPac -- June 10, 2009
15 Jun 2009
Here is the latest American Chemical Society (ACS) Weekly PressPac from the Office of Public Affairs. It has news from ACS' 34 peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News. Please credit the individual journal or the American...
15 Jun 2009
Here is the latest American Chemical Society (ACS) Weekly PressPac from the Office of Public Affairs. It has news from ACS' 34 peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News. Please credit the individual journal or the American...
UCF researcher's nanoparticles could someday lead to end of chemotherapy
16 Jun 2009
IMAGE: Dr. Perez and his team have been investigating the use of nanoparticles for medicine for years. Click here for more information. Nanoparticles specially engineered by...
16 Jun 2009
IMAGE: Dr. Perez and his team have been investigating the use of nanoparticles for medicine for years. Click here for more information. Nanoparticles specially engineered by...
Trans fats hinder multiple steps in blood flow regulation pathways
16 Jun 2009
IMAGE: U. of I. emeritus veterinary biosciences professor Fred Kummerow, who is 94, has spent nearly six decades studying lipid biochemistry, and is a long-time advocate for a ban on trans... Click here for...
16 Jun 2009
IMAGE: U. of I. emeritus veterinary biosciences professor Fred Kummerow, who is 94, has spent nearly six decades studying lipid biochemistry, and is a long-time advocate for a ban on trans... Click here for...
CU-Boulder study shows Maya intensively cultivated manioc 1,400 years ago
16 Jun 2009
Evidence found at ancient village of Ceren in El Salvador buried by volcanic ash about 600 A.D. IMAGE: CU-Boulder anthropology Professor Payson Sheets and his team uncovered a manioc field one-third the size of...
16 Jun 2009
Evidence found at ancient village of Ceren in El Salvador buried by volcanic ash about 600 A.D. IMAGE: CU-Boulder anthropology Professor Payson Sheets and his team uncovered a manioc field one-third the size of...
Nanocrystals reveal activity within cells
16 Jun 2009
IMAGE: Berkeley Lab researchers have developed ideal single-molecule light emitting probes that represent a significant step in scrutinizing the behaviors of proteins and other components in complex systems...
16 Jun 2009
IMAGE: Berkeley Lab researchers have developed ideal single-molecule light emitting probes that represent a significant step in scrutinizing the behaviors of proteins and other components in complex systems...
A*STAR showcases 12 breakthrough infocomm technologies at CommunicAsia 2009
15 Jun 2009
Look out for a technology that enables you to control who can view/edit your pictures after someone has downloaded them off, say, your website or social networking page. Also check out a smart image recognition software that can tell you what...
15 Jun 2009
Look out for a technology that enables you to control who can view/edit your pictures after someone has downloaded them off, say, your website or social networking page. Also check out a smart image recognition software that can tell you what...
NERSC helps expose cosmic transients
15 Jun 2009
IMAGE: This false-color image of our glowing galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy, was created by layering 400 individual images captured by the PTF camera in February 2009. In one pointing, the... Click...
15 Jun 2009
IMAGE: This false-color image of our glowing galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy, was created by layering 400 individual images captured by the PTF camera in February 2009. In one pointing, the... Click...
'The Vision Revolution': Eyes are the source of human 'superpowers'
16 Jun 2009
New book challenges conventional wisdom on why human vision, brains have evolved to perform extraordinary feats IMAGE: In his new book, "The Vision Revolution, " neurobiologist Mark Changizi explains why the...
16 Jun 2009
New book challenges conventional wisdom on why human vision, brains have evolved to perform extraordinary feats IMAGE: In his new book, "The Vision Revolution, " neurobiologist Mark Changizi explains why the...
Springer to publish Journal of High Energy Physics
17 Jun 2009
Agreement signed with SISSA Beginning on 1 January 2010, Springer will publish the Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), a leading international, peer-reviewed, online-only, scientific journal owned by the International School for Advanced...
17 Jun 2009
Agreement signed with SISSA Beginning on 1 January 2010, Springer will publish the Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), a leading international, peer-reviewed, online-only, scientific journal owned by the International School for Advanced...
New fabricated material changes color instantly in response to external magnetic field
16 Jun 2009
New mechanism for inducing color change in materials paves way for manufacturing rewritable color display units, environmentally friendly color paints VIDEO: Rotation of microspheres in a vertically changing...
16 Jun 2009
New mechanism for inducing color change in materials paves way for manufacturing rewritable color display units, environmentally friendly color paints VIDEO: Rotation of microspheres in a vertically changing...
World Day to Combat Desertification focuses on human security
17 Jun 2009
Human security is under threat from desertification, land degradation and drought. Combating this threat requires an integrated international response, which is why the theme for this year's World Day to Combat Desertification is 'Conserving...
17 Jun 2009
Human security is under threat from desertification, land degradation and drought. Combating this threat requires an integrated international response, which is why the theme for this year's World Day to Combat Desertification is 'Conserving...
St. Gallen consensus 2009: A radically different approach to treating early breast cancer
17 Jun 2009
A radically different approach to choosing the best treatment options for early breast cancer has been proposed by an international panel of experts in a report from the 11th St Gallen conference. The report is published online in the cancer...
17 Jun 2009
A radically different approach to choosing the best treatment options for early breast cancer has been proposed by an international panel of experts in a report from the 11th St Gallen conference. The report is published online in the cancer...
Rising acidity levels could trigger shellfish revenue declines, job losses
17 Jun 2009
IMAGE: Ocean acidification could harm a wide range of marine organisms and the food webs that depend on them. Mollusks -- including mussels and oysters, which support valuable marine fisheries --... Click here...
17 Jun 2009
IMAGE: Ocean acidification could harm a wide range of marine organisms and the food webs that depend on them. Mollusks -- including mussels and oysters, which support valuable marine fisheries --... Click here...
'Platforms in space' to help businesses
15 Jun 2009
Leicester leads the way in UK to exploit earth observation technology for entrepreneurial application Space researchers and enterprise experts from the University of Leicester have teamed up to offer a new business facing service that harnesses...
15 Jun 2009
Leicester leads the way in UK to exploit earth observation technology for entrepreneurial application Space researchers and enterprise experts from the University of Leicester have teamed up to offer a new business facing service that harnesses...
Unique sky survey brings new objects into focus
15 Jun 2009
Partnership involves Caltech's Palomar Observatory and other world leaders in astronomy IMAGE: The Palomar Transient Factory survey uses the 48-inch Samuel Oschin telescope at Caltech's Palomar...
15 Jun 2009
Partnership involves Caltech's Palomar Observatory and other world leaders in astronomy IMAGE: The Palomar Transient Factory survey uses the 48-inch Samuel Oschin telescope at Caltech's Palomar...
New Center of Excellence targets reducing disparities in cancer care and outcomes
15 Jun 2009
University of South Florida-Moffitt Cancer Center joint program supported by $6 million grant from National Institutes of Health IMAGE: Dr. Richard Roetzheim, left, of the University of South Florida, and Dr. B....
15 Jun 2009
University of South Florida-Moffitt Cancer Center joint program supported by $6 million grant from National Institutes of Health IMAGE: Dr. Richard Roetzheim, left, of the University of South Florida, and Dr. B....
CO2 higher today than last 2.1 million years
18 Jun 2009
Study offers detailed look at past greenhouse gas levels IMAGE: This is Bärbel Hönisch with a mass spectrometer used to measure boron isotopes to reconstruct past CO2. Click here for more...
18 Jun 2009
Study offers detailed look at past greenhouse gas levels IMAGE: This is Bärbel Hönisch with a mass spectrometer used to measure boron isotopes to reconstruct past CO2. Click here for more...
Powe Award supports development of more robust thermoelectric materials
16 Jun 2009
IMAGE: Jeremiah T. Abiade, assistant professor in materials science and engineering and in mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech, has received a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award for his...
16 Jun 2009
IMAGE: Jeremiah T. Abiade, assistant professor in materials science and engineering and in mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech, has received a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award for his...
Explore the quantum and cosmos, June 30, 2009, at the World Conference of Science Journalists
19 Jun 2009
Q. What do Alain Aspect, Kip Thorne, Anton Zeilinger, Sir Martin Rees, Raymond Laflamme, Neil Turok, Joseph Emerson and Simon Singh all have in common? A. They are sharing fresh insights from the frontiers of science at the World Conference...
19 Jun 2009
Q. What do Alain Aspect, Kip Thorne, Anton Zeilinger, Sir Martin Rees, Raymond Laflamme, Neil Turok, Joseph Emerson and Simon Singh all have in common? A. They are sharing fresh insights from the frontiers of science at the World Conference...
Herschel's daring test: A glimpse of things to come
19 Jun 2009
IMAGE: Red, green and blue correspond to the 160-micron, 100-micron and 70-micron wavelength bands of the Herschel’s Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer, PACS. Glowing light from clouds of dust...
19 Jun 2009
IMAGE: Red, green and blue correspond to the 160-micron, 100-micron and 70-micron wavelength bands of the Herschel’s Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer, PACS. Glowing light from clouds of dust...
Powe Award supports research on how enzymes enable the pathogenicity of 2 human disease organisms
16 Jun 2009
IMAGE: Pablo Sobrado, assistant professor of biochemistry with the infectious disease research group at Virginia Tech, has received a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award for his research on...
16 Jun 2009
IMAGE: Pablo Sobrado, assistant professor of biochemistry with the infectious disease research group at Virginia Tech, has received a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award for his research on...
Humans related to orangutans, not chimps, says new Pitt, Buffalo Museum of Science study
18 Jun 2009
Researchers propose new grouping for humans, orangutans and common ancestors and lay out a scenario of the migration and evolution of 'dental hominoids' in the Journal of Biogeography PITTSBURGH—New evidence underscores the theory of...
18 Jun 2009
Researchers propose new grouping for humans, orangutans and common ancestors and lay out a scenario of the migration and evolution of 'dental hominoids' in the Journal of Biogeography PITTSBURGH—New evidence underscores the theory of...
AACR CEO Margaret Foti receives honorary M.D. from the University of San Pablo CEU
17 Jun 2009
MADRID – The University of San Pablo CEU, a major academic and research institution in Madrid, Spain, today presented Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), chief executive officer of the American Association for Cancer Research, with an...
17 Jun 2009
MADRID – The University of San Pablo CEU, a major academic and research institution in Madrid, Spain, today presented Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), chief executive officer of the American Association for Cancer Research, with an...
Sediment yields climate record for past half-million years
15 Jun 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers here have used sediment from the deep ocean bottom to reconstruct a record of ancient climate that dates back more than the last half-million years. The record, trapped within the top 20 meters (65.6 feet)...
15 Jun 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers here have used sediment from the deep ocean bottom to reconstruct a record of ancient climate that dates back more than the last half-million years. The record, trapped within the top 20 meters (65.6 feet)...
NASA and NOAA's GOES-O satellite ready for launch
16 Jun 2009
IMAGE: This GOES banner was created to show that the GOES series of satellites provides 24 hour weather coverage. It includes various hurricanes captured by GOES satellites over the last several... Click here...
16 Jun 2009
IMAGE: This GOES banner was created to show that the GOES series of satellites provides 24 hour weather coverage. It includes various hurricanes captured by GOES satellites over the last several... Click here...
Study gives clues to increasing X-rays' power
16 Jun 2009
3-D, real-time X-ray images may be closer to reality Three-dimensional, real-time X-ray images of patients could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a pair of...
16 Jun 2009
3-D, real-time X-ray images may be closer to reality Three-dimensional, real-time X-ray images of patients could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a pair of...
NIH funds $9.5 million for research on HIV and the human innate immune system
15 Jun 2009
CLEVELAND— Studying how the mouth wards off diseases will have implications for understanding overall how people stay healthy. The Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine will use a five-year, $9.5 million grant from...
15 Jun 2009
CLEVELAND— Studying how the mouth wards off diseases will have implications for understanding overall how people stay healthy. The Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine will use a five-year, $9.5 million grant from...
College drinking problems, deaths on the rise
15 Jun 2009
Alcohol-related deaths, heavy drinking episodes and drunk driving have all been on the rise on college campuses over the past decade, a new government study shows. Using figures from government databases and national surveys on alcohol use,...
15 Jun 2009
Alcohol-related deaths, heavy drinking episodes and drunk driving have all been on the rise on college campuses over the past decade, a new government study shows. Using figures from government databases and national surveys on alcohol use,...
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